'Tis a long journey, but 'tis a fine time of the year, and you'll have a pleasant trip.

Would that I had your youth and your unwounded leg and I'd be with you under the walls of Quebec, whether we take the city or not." His eyes sparkled and his thin cheeks flushed with his intense fire.
Robert knew that there was no more valiant soldier than the shrewd Boston merchant, and he appreciated his intense earnestness.
"Perhaps, sir," he said, "your recovery will be in full time for the campaign." "I fear not, I'm sure not, Mr.Lennox, and yet I wish with all my soul to be there.

I foresee victory, because I think victory is due.

'Tis not in nature for the French in Canada, who are few and who receive but little help from their own country, to hold back forever the whole might of Britain and her colonies.

They have achieved the impossible already in stemming the flood so long, and because it's about time for the weight, in spite of everything, to break over the dam, I think that victory is at hand.